Amazing ! Wow ! Creative and perfect combo of flavor and texture. Highly recommend Sushi rice, Burrata with scallion pancake, halibut sando . Love love love. Also no fuss!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda
Fine dining but not too formal vibe. Food was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zachary Hoffman
The prefix menu was amazing for a group dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
jamie chou
Had an amazing time celebrating my cousin’s bday at Ernest. We had the $99 tasting menu which was great value bc it was a tremendous amount of food (4 courses) that was delicious and beautifully presented. My partner is dairy free so they surprised him with dairy free versions of specific dishes including his own shaved ice dessert made with almond milk, which made his night. The service was excellent and they had a nice selection of spirit-free drinks as well. I would def recommend for anyone looking for a unique fine dining experience. My one observation is that the menu itself looks quite minimal and doesn’t adequately represent the essence of the actual dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Austin Aboav
The food was excellent and they were playing a Talking Heads live album. I’ll be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vicki Lau
Had such a wonderful experience here tonight! My husband and I ordered the $99 tasting menu and loved all the variety we got to sample from the menu. Everything was so flavorful with each dish having a fun & innovative mix of ingredients. I truly didn’t have a single dish that I didn’t like from the meal. Our service was wonderful and very attentive and the space is nice, airy and modern feeling. Will definitely recommend this to all my friends & family and come back the next time I’m in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carmen Santoli
Ernest offers a spectacular dining experience -- from a contemporary designed inviting space and exceptional, detail oriented staff to an exquisitely curated multicourse tasting menu. Each dish was visually appealing, composed from the most fresh and in season ingredients and the flavor was out of this world. Cannot believe we have not discovered this place sooner -- we cannot wait to bring our friends and family to share this experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Robert Gish
The Fixed Price menu was outstanding, and we really best as this experience as each meal as creating a party in your mouth.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Milad Najafabadi
changing my rating because of the disappointing entree on our 2nd visit. Each course was good until it got to the main entree.
1. The pork tonkotsu was stringy, tough, and we didn’t eat most of it for that reason 2. Why are their heirloom tomatoes on the tonkotsu when a previous course was heirloom tomato salad?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Shirley Chen
Deliciously creative menu and top-notch service! Already looking forward to my next visit.
Maybe it was just the day I went, but the $99 tasting menu was laughably underwhelming and felt somehow both carelessly thrown together and sadly calculated in a way that made me feel the specific disappointment of a parent who knows their child is lying to them but lets them finish anyway.
The veggie fried rice covered in squash blossom leaves (??) and the tomato/egg felt like filler designed to bulk up the menu without adding value, and they were objectively very underwhelming. Are people really blown away by this? By the end of the meal, I was still hungry, just hungry and sad instead of hungry and excited.
On top of all that, it was the only restaurant I visited in San Francisco that tacked on an employee mandate fee. As with any restaurant that does this, it's disingenuous and straight up deceptive.
The whole experience gave off the impression of a place more focused on maximizing ROI per diner than delivering anything close to a memorable meal.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
Abigail Park
I honestly can’t believe people are eating this slop and happily paying a premium for it.
The $99 tasting menu was super disappointing— we expected well thought-out dishes and interesting/harmonious flavors. Instead, we received what felt like the random weekly deli specials thrown together from whatever was in stock.
Aside from food, the staff were excellent. I really liked the watermelon salad, but every other dish fell flat. The boiled egg/tomato dish in particular was unappealing in texture. The fried rice tastes like the healthy fried rice my mom makes me at home. To be clear, I wouldn’t eat these dishes if someone gave them to me for free. They tasted plain bad.
Considering the omakase dinner I had for $15 less the night before, I feel like money is better spent elsewhere. Not to mention the 7% “mandated” charge they add on at the end that we didn’t see at any other SF restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
J Krupia
Tucked away in a seemingly random corner of the Mission, this place doesn’t scream for your attention. It doesn’t need to. From the outside, it looks like an old industrial shell that’s been restored, repurposed, and filled with intention. Inside, you’ll find a curated bar of spirits you’ve probably never heard of, but wish you had sooner, and cocktails that don’t just taste good…they tell a story.
Let’s just say I asked the bartender to make whatever she was best at. She returned with a green, herbal creation I still can’t name, but won’t forget. That quiet confidence, that trust between guest and craft. That’s what sets Ernest apart.
The food? Thoughtful. Unexpected. Every dish was plated like art but never felt fussy or out of touch. We shared everything, which felt right because the whole experience was about slowing down and being present.
What made Ernest stand out wasn’t just the food or drinks. It was the vibe. The energy. The quiet confidence that San Francisco hasn’t lost its soul. It’s just hiding in places like this.
If you know, you know.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hamid
Excellent restaurant and service. The food was so creative and delicious. We did the fixed course menu and got to try many dishes that we would never have ever ordered. At the same time, we saw so many dishes come out that looked amazing that were not part of our fixed course menu. It just means we'll need to go back and probably do family style menu next time to try everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Winnie Xu
wonderful experience at the bar counter, enjoyable if you’re into raw menus. i loved the oysters especially, and the duck i still think about — sauce was on point. cheesecake was quite rich, but kakigori super light and fluffy with the crème fraîche.
Amazing ! Wow ! Creative and perfect combo of flavor and texture. Highly recommend Sushi rice, Burrata with scallion pancake, halibut sando . Love love love. Also no fuss!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fine dining but not too formal vibe. Food was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The prefix menu was amazing for a group dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had an amazing time celebrating my cousin’s bday at Ernest. We had the $99 tasting menu which was great value bc it was a tremendous amount of food (4 courses) that was delicious and beautifully presented. My partner is dairy free so they surprised him with dairy free versions of specific dishes including his own shaved ice dessert made with almond milk, which made his night. The service was excellent and they had a nice selection of spirit-free drinks as well. I would def recommend for anyone looking for a unique fine dining experience. My one observation is that the menu itself looks quite minimal and doesn’t adequately represent the essence of the actual dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent and they were playing a Talking Heads live album. I’ll be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had such a wonderful experience here tonight! My husband and I ordered the $99 tasting menu and loved all the variety we got to sample from the menu. Everything was so flavorful with each dish having a fun & innovative mix of ingredients. I truly didn’t have a single dish that I didn’t like from the meal. Our service was wonderful and very attentive and the space is nice, airy and modern feeling. Will definitely recommend this to all my friends & family and come back the next time I’m in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ernest offers a spectacular dining experience -- from a contemporary designed inviting space and exceptional, detail oriented staff to an exquisitely curated multicourse tasting menu. Each dish was visually appealing, composed from the most fresh and in season ingredients and the flavor was out of this world. Cannot believe we have not discovered this place sooner -- we cannot wait to bring our friends and family to share this experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Fixed Price menu was outstanding, and we really best as this experience as each meal as creating a party in your mouth.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
changing my rating because of the disappointing entree on our 2nd visit. Each course was good until it got to the main entree.
1. The pork tonkotsu was stringy, tough, and we didn’t eat most of it for that reason
2. Why are their heirloom tomatoes on the tonkotsu when a previous course was heirloom tomato salad?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Deliciously creative menu and top-notch service! Already looking forward to my next visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Maybe it was just the day I went, but the $99 tasting menu was laughably underwhelming and felt somehow both carelessly thrown together and sadly calculated in a way that made me feel the specific disappointment of a parent who knows their child is lying to them but lets them finish anyway.
The veggie fried rice covered in squash blossom leaves (??) and the tomato/egg felt like filler designed to bulk up the menu without adding value, and they were objectively very underwhelming. Are people really blown away by this? By the end of the meal, I was still hungry, just hungry and sad instead of hungry and excited.
On top of all that, it was the only restaurant I visited in San Francisco that tacked on an employee mandate fee. As with any restaurant that does this, it's disingenuous and straight up deceptive.
The whole experience gave off the impression of a place more focused on maximizing ROI per diner than delivering anything close to a memorable meal.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
I honestly can’t believe people are eating this slop and happily paying a premium for it.
The $99 tasting menu was super disappointing— we expected well thought-out dishes and interesting/harmonious flavors. Instead, we received what felt like the random weekly deli specials thrown together from whatever was in stock.
Aside from food, the staff were excellent. I really liked the watermelon salad, but every other dish fell flat. The boiled egg/tomato dish in particular was unappealing in texture. The fried rice tastes like the healthy fried rice my mom makes me at home. To be clear, I wouldn’t eat these dishes if someone gave them to me for free. They tasted plain bad.
Considering the omakase dinner I had for $15 less the night before, I feel like money is better spent elsewhere. Not to mention the 7% “mandated” charge they add on at the end that we didn’t see at any other SF restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Tucked away in a seemingly random corner of the Mission, this place doesn’t scream for your attention. It doesn’t need to. From the outside, it looks like an old industrial shell that’s been restored, repurposed, and filled with intention. Inside, you’ll find a curated bar of spirits you’ve probably never heard of, but wish you had sooner, and cocktails that don’t just taste good…they tell a story.
Let’s just say I asked the bartender to make whatever she was best at. She returned with a green, herbal creation I still can’t name, but won’t forget. That quiet confidence, that trust between guest and craft. That’s what sets Ernest apart.
The food? Thoughtful. Unexpected. Every dish was plated like art but never felt fussy or out of touch. We shared everything, which felt right because the whole experience was about slowing down and being present.
What made Ernest stand out wasn’t just the food or drinks. It was the vibe. The energy. The quiet confidence that San Francisco hasn’t lost its soul. It’s just hiding in places like this.
If you know, you know.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent restaurant and service. The food was so creative and delicious. We did the fixed course menu and got to try many dishes that we would never have ever ordered. At the same time, we saw so many dishes come out that looked amazing that were not part of our fixed course menu. It just means we'll need to go back and probably do family style menu next time to try everything.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
wonderful experience at the bar counter, enjoyable if you’re into raw menus. i loved the oysters especially, and the duck i still think about — sauce was on point. cheesecake was quite rich, but kakigori super light and fluffy with the crème fraîche.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Loading...